Work & commute · Spring Grove

Work & commute in Spring Grove, PA

Most working residents leave Spring Grove for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are West Manchester (7%), York (7%) and Penn (7%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

67 of 1,227 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,160 Spring Grove residents head out of town to work, 67 work right here, and 1,179 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Spring Grove.

1,160live here, work elsewhere

67live and work here

1,179work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Spring Grove goes to work

West Manchester5.9 mi away

7%90

York9.1 mi away

7%85

Penn7.7 mi away

7%80

Jackson2 mi away

6%74

Spring Grove (in town)right here

5%67

Hanover7.9 mi away

5%62

Springettsbury12.5 mi away

4%45

York10 mi away

3%40

Manchester10.9 mi away

3%33

North Codorus2.5 mi away

2%26

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%625

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Spring Grove commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

47%

24%

14%

15%

47%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Spring Grove is balanced between jobs and homes

1.02jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.02 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Spring Grove are

1,246 jobs are based in Spring Grove. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Spring Grove’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Spring Grove

1,246 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)51%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)33%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Spring Grove residents hold

1,227 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month64%

−31%

Jobs based in Spring Grove, 2013 → 2023: 1,795 → 1,246. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.